Development studies

Development studies is an interdisciplinary branch of social science. Development studies is offered as a specialized master's degree in a number of reputed universities around the world. It has grown in popularity as a subject of study since the early 1990s, and has been most widely taught and researched in developing countries and countries with a colonial history, such as the UK, where the discipline originated.

Extends: [Development studies](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Development studies), [Development economics](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Development economics)